Word: certainly
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...literature is a universal phenomenon. To be literature, any piece of work must fit certain well-defined canons by which it is recognizable. The literary arts present particular difficulties because their subject matter is about man, and no matter how radical one becomes one must always return back to universality and to man. Thus I must stick with man and his universality. At once, therefore, I recognize Afro-American literature to be universal in that it abides by the universal laws of literature and finds itself structured within the same general context of universal literature in that there...
There are also certain peculiarities of form which can be ascribed to the specificity of Afro-American culture and which seem to bring out further the richness of Afro-American literature and thereby its enrichment of American literature. I refer to the brilliant essay writing of James Baldwin which seems to have emanated out of the ser-monesque-rapping of the Afro-American religious experience; the peculiar from of the dialect which Dunbar introduced into his works; and the particular integration of the folkloric tradition which Chestnutt used so well in his "Conjure" tales. One finds a very special...
...House approved the removal of the preamble by a vote of 44-0. State Rep. William G. Robinson said yesterday he is certain the Senate will agree with the House decision when it meets today...
...Corporation has consistently refused to adopt a general policy favoring corporate withdrawal or, for the matter, non-expansion of existing business operations. Instead, it has chosen to evaluate the record of each corporation separately, weighing the individual benefits to certain black South African employees (in the form of desegregated facilities, opportunites for promotion, etc.) against the overall social burden to the wider black population. This has been both in theory and practice a woefully inadequate response...
Just how much is the love of Harvard alumni for their alma mater worth? The University is betting it will be worth at least a quarter of a billion dollars over the next five years. Assuming the Corporation formally agrees--which now seems almost certain--Harvard will launch a five-year, $250-million fund drive some time this fall, a grand scheme that administrators hope will bolster Harvard's massive $1.4 billion endowment in the face of relentless inflation...